One of the photographer friends I had before (that I haven't seen for ages now) once asked me why I kept "finding colours" (I only ever colour pick if I need an exact match for whatever reason otherwise I tend to eyeball everything) instead of "just plugging in numbers". Apparently he had a bunch of magic numbers for settings that made most things look good so if he was low on inspiration he would just plug those numbers in to whatever filters or whatever it was he does when he edits and knows that what comes out will look all right.

Sorry for not being too clear, I have only ever done absolute bare minimum laughably basic photo editing so I only have a vague idea of what goes into it XD